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that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying he has done everything he can to get this debt ceiling increased by that august 2nd deadline. he is saying the responsibility is with the democrats. all eyes have been on senate leader, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell to see if he will get behind harry reid and help him rally the troops. so far that hasn't happened. mitch mcconnell has said he wants the white house to come to the table. no word if that is going to happen at this point. again, right now all eyes are on the senate. senator harry reid's plan to increase the debt c
that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying...
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that leaves a big shortfall of $134 billion. so who do you pay? many say the treasury department will go with foreign governments and other bondholders first. though few details are out on who and how bills will be paid, the treasury department has been putting together a payment plan. one possibility in that plan perhaps, do what president eisenhower did when the debt ceiling was not raised in 1953 he had the treasury department issue gold certificates to federal reserves across the country and got cash back to keep the government humming along. alex, there's some 100 million checks issued by the government every month, and in three days the unsavory job of payment triage begins, choosing grandma or governments. >> an unenviable task to be sure. >>> coming up we'll have more on the debt ceiling crisis and president obama's role in it. we're going to speak with pat buchanan and morris reid about that. >>> a caribbean airlines plane with 140 people on board crashed earlier today in guyana. the crash occurred at the country's main airport just south
that leaves a big shortfall of $134 billion. so who do you pay? many say the treasury department will go with foreign governments and other bondholders first. though few details are out on who and how bills will be paid, the treasury department has been putting together a payment plan. one possibility in that plan perhaps, do what president eisenhower did when the debt ceiling was not raised in 1953 he had the treasury department issue gold certificates to federal reserves across the country...
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the buttons are nice and big and colorful. so kids can figure out how to use them easily. >> rick: ava, what do you think of that one? do you like it? >> yeah. >> ava is hold ago disney camera you can print your favorite princess into your camera. >> rick: you want that one? >> the leg goes go camera, that's for 7 and up. but it was very popular with our kid testers. in fact, a lot of grownups at "consumer reports" really liked that camera, too. it's leggo. it's so cool. >> rick: my kids watch my wife and me taking pictures and they want to do the same thing. >> they're great because they're easy to use for the kids. they don't take the big quality pictures, but it doesn't matter, because they have fun playing with them. >> rick: this is a company that i recognize. they make a lot of great stuff. i'll give this one to ava. >> this is our top pick for younger kids. it has all the bells and whistles that the other cameras have. it's also a gaming machine. it has a couple built-in games and has settings that you can set and a vol
the buttons are nice and big and colorful. so kids can figure out how to use them easily. >> rick: ava, what do you think of that one? do you like it? >> yeah. >> ava is hold ago disney camera you can print your favorite princess into your camera. >> rick: you want that one? >> the leg goes go camera, that's for 7 and up. but it was very popular with our kid testers. in fact, a lot of grownups at "consumer reports" really liked that camera, too. it's...
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you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then -- then -- we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn't matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to allow the republicans to spike the ball into boehner's court. and he did so with a vengeance. >> i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. but a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table. tell us where you are! >> well, over in the senate, what they are putting on the table is mr. boehner's bill. they'll kill it over there. that's under way right now. we'll let you when the voting is done
you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then -- then -- we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn't matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to allow the republicans to spike the ball into boehner's court. and he did so with a vengeance. >> i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in...
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but if you raise the debt ceiling and don't cut spending, you'll have the same big problems. that's the answer to your question. the compromise has to cut spending. we have to respond to what everybody in america is saying and what the world credit markets are saying which is our problem isn't the debt ceiling. our problem is the debt. >> cutting spending and the balanced budget amendment are two different things. one may accomplish the other, but this they are still separate things. is the balanced budget amendment a drop-dead requirement? >> i don't have a drop-dead requirement? i have a whole host of things that my constituents have sent me here to do. cutting spending is one thing and balancing the budge set another thing. what we can do right now is make sure we're cutting spending today. don't give me a deal that cuts spending ten years down the road. show me what you're going to do this year and next year, before americans go back to the polls. >> simple but sort of strange question. are you happy tonight? >> i'm not happy tonight. we started this process back in febru
but if you raise the debt ceiling and don't cut spending, you'll have the same big problems. that's the answer to your question. the compromise has to cut spending. we have to respond to what everybody in america is saying and what the world credit markets are saying which is our problem isn't the debt ceiling. our problem is the debt. >> cutting spending and the balanced budget amendment are two different things. one may accomplish the other, but this they are still separate things. is...
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now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president supports the plan by senate majority leader harry reid which includes $2.70 trillion in savings, no tax increases, and no cuts to social security or medicare. the president spoke from the east room of >> the government had a surplus but the money was spent on the two wars and expensive prescription drug program. as a result, the deficit was on track to top $1 trillion, the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant that there was less money coming in and it required us to spend even more. on text cuts for middle-class families to spur the economy and unemployment insurance, and aid to
now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president...
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how big a government do we want? we don't want to use the opportunity presented by the president's request of us to raise the debt ceiling to freeze in perpetuity this much government. i don't think the american people want it. i don't think it's good for the economy. >> bret: so is a big deal, $4 trillion deal off the table? >> i think it is. everything they told me and the speaker is to get a big package would require big tax increases in the middle of the economic situation that is extraordinarily difficult with 9.2% unemployment. we think it's a terrible idea. it's a job-killer. >> bret: you mention the unemployment rate. it came out friday, 9.2%. uptick, 18,000 jobs only created in june. in your opinion how much has the jobs report affected negotiations? >> well, it incentivizes to us do a big package without raising taxes, but unfortunately, i think the president is not thinking the same thing he did six months ago when the economy didn't seem to me as bad as it is today and he was making arguments of raising t
how big a government do we want? we don't want to use the opportunity presented by the president's request of us to raise the debt ceiling to freeze in perpetuity this much government. i don't think the american people want it. i don't think it's good for the economy. >> bret: so is a big deal, $4 trillion deal off the table? >> i think it is. everything they told me and the speaker is to get a big package would require big tax increases in the middle of the economic situation that...
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there is big cracks in the ground where they were just little cracks. and it is just getting worse. >> unbelievable. another sign of the worsening drought this week is ponds evaporate, ranchers are selling their cattle early at a loss. this is likely to translate into higher food prices for all of us. >>> just three days until possible default and still no solution in sight. the u.s. senate rejected a u.s. house plan to raise the debt ceiling last night. and in just a few minutes or so, the house is expected to block a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling. democrats and republicans continue to spar on capitol hill. >> this is not a crisis which we couldn't control. this isn't an earthquake or a tornado or a hurricane. it isn't a war. it is a created political crisis. the extension of the debt ceiling has been done routinely 89 times since 1939, 55 times by republican presidents, 34 times by democratic presidents, and president ronald reagan holds the record having extended the debt ceiling 18 times in eight years without a confrontation, without the am
there is big cracks in the ground where they were just little cracks. and it is just getting worse. >> unbelievable. another sign of the worsening drought this week is ponds evaporate, ranchers are selling their cattle early at a loss. this is likely to translate into higher food prices for all of us. >>> just three days until possible default and still no solution in sight. the u.s. senate rejected a u.s. house plan to raise the debt ceiling last night. and in just a few minutes...
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which means that personally your share is over forty thousand dollars there is a law that caps how big that can be in we're about to really hit it bounce the debt ceiling supposedly we may have had it before but that may not have been the real limit and there's a chance they'll find a way to borrow more anyway but the big scary deadline coming up is august second. former chairman of the federal reserve alan greenspan explained that this mean to midnight all of this of. forty cents of every dollar of spending time a been spent where we could default on interest rates it would be. through the international financial system that's the international financial system that's a leech on the rest of society however and it wouldn't really be forced to default on the debt because they take in with taxes ten times what is needed to service the debt but this is really about an opportunity to raise taxes and cut benefits last handout slash bailouts subsidies on political enemies and do some grandstanding in order for all this to come together for the exploitation to continue congress has to pass a
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a big thanks to mitt romney. thank you. [applause] >> our political coverage continues with the discussion on how democratic activists feel toward president obama and the debt reduction talks. this is about 45 minutes. dot org you thofrment also the vice president of the center for american progress. appreciate your time. let me share with you this headline from the washingn examiner. the president's prospects with regard to re-election. is this moment and maybe this week a make or break moment for the president? caller: i think so. heading into a deadline of august second and the deal has got to happen this week in order for the nations economic rate togeer survive. i think the bond agencies have h said you have to have long-term repercussions so it's important they get that deal this week and you have to strike that grand bargain. that's where president obama said you have to go over the long-term. in order to have sca debt reduction you have to have taxes particularly on the wealthy. paying an among the lowest they have.
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charge is a big. welcome back to out of versus the man calles continues in mexico with drug cartel violence surging recently over the past weekend at least forty people died in drug cartel related attacks so we support of the mexican government so many people were massacred in monterey on friday at a bar with many innocent bystanders caught in a crossfire between the drug gang and the gulf cartel tend to have faded bodies including those of three women were discovered by authorities and torrie own and child that was just outside of mexico city a loving people were found shot to death at least forty two thousand people have died in the past four years. cartel fuelled violence as sheriff of the year paula bo recently noted in this is in arizona this pretty much well qualifies as terrorism beheadings kidnappings the massacre of entire towns sick gladiator fights to the death and this is happening on our border not in the middle east not in north africa where the government doesn't want to call it terrori
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i spent about one third of 2008 and one-third of 2009 and a big chunk of 2009 and last year i was there for the july for the kabul conference and i was there in december about seven months pregnant working on maternal health stories. >> host: that wasn't a great way to engage with the women because of common experience. now your career as a political television producer for abc. how did you make the transition from that to writing this book? >> guest: very carefully. [laughter] i left abc, and i left abc. you've had a lot of my former boss is on and i know your colleagues at c-span since i was watching, and i left because i knew that there were so many stories i wanted to do that i wouldn't get to do the way the news places were going, and i really care that economic development stories and under told stories, and the stories of the women in war or just almost never told. if i save war story you think about the west which are all the incredible books but the lead out so many people. and these women are the ones who make sure there's a community to go back to when the war is over. >> hos
i spent about one third of 2008 and one-third of 2009 and a big chunk of 2009 and last year i was there for the july for the kabul conference and i was there in december about seven months pregnant working on maternal health stories. >> host: that wasn't a great way to engage with the women because of common experience. now your career as a political television producer for abc. how did you make the transition from that to writing this book? >> guest: very carefully. [laughter] i...
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and compromises have already occurred, big compromises. most of us on this side of the aisle really believe that the way we get at our long-term debt structure is a responsible approach that includes some revenues. now, i'm advocating cleaning out the goodies in the tax code so we can lower some tax rates. i don't understand how you can at the same time vote to gut the medicare program and vote to continue writing checks to big oil. i cannot imagine that i would vote to keep writing a taxpayer check to the most wealthy and profitable corporations in the history of the world at the same time i was voting to put medicare on a voucher program. saying to seniors, you know, if you're 83 and you got three chronic illnesses and you run out of medicare coverage, you're on your own. i can't imagine doing that. but we compromised. we compromised and said, okay, we'll set revenues aside for now. you won't vote for revenues, republican party, members of the house in the republican party you'll not vote for revenues, we tack revenues off the table. so
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
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these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. >> john: look at that number. that is what congress says it needs to spend this year. give me a break. 3 trillion, 800 billion dollars. president obama talked about taking a scalpel to the budget. no, we need something bigger than that. we need to make huge cuts. i'll cut the deficit down to surplus is when i or others talk about making significant cuts. i hear scathing criticism. >> don't rush stossel. he is nothing but a corporate shill. >> john: okay my producer made it as a joke. anyone who proposes cuts to the budget is branded cruel. one person says cutting that down isn't economically smart. it's the moral thing to do. arthur brooks of the american enterprise says that. what do you mean it's the moral thing to do? >> when the other side talks about doing the moral things. it's only fair for rich peopl
these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. >> john: look at that number. that is what congress says it needs to spend this year. give me a break. 3 trillion, 800 billion dollars. president obama talked about taking a scalpel to the budget. no, we need something bigger than that. we need to...
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>> i think mitch mcconnell holds a big club. i think in the end -- i had a conversation, i can't tell you who, but a conversation with a conservative but decent enough southern republican conservative senator. he said we are just this close. he thinks we are this close in agreement. he's not one of the six or seven or eight or ten best targets we think we have among republicans. we are eventually going to break this filibuster. i think they'll try their gimmicks. that is what mitch mcconnell lives on. we'll get this to happen. we'll send it back to the house. there, patriotism prevails. even most of the democrats, maybe 150, 160, 170, to join 50 republicans that, not the tea party, but the 50 reasonable republicans. >> do you want to give us the initials, maybe the state of that senator? >> i'm sorry? >> the state of the senator, just the initials? >> no. that would nail it down. i would say southern deep south, wrong side of the civil war. i'm not going to tell you the state. >> senator john thume laid out a plan. take a listen
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the other big story is happening in the senate. there as they are debating harry reid's bill. leader reid's bill again also seen as perhaps getting some sort of compromise before moving forward. the third big thing we are watching at the daughter is in about 30 minutes, we expect to hear from leader mcconnell from the senate as well as speaker boehner from the house. they are having a briefing at 3:30 eastern time. we'll be here to watch that, too. a lot happening right now in washington, d.c. let's get right to the very latest in washington where all that's happening. house members are voting at the moment. luke russert is live at the hill with the latest for us. >> reporter: richard, how are you doing? what you're seeing is on the house floor. largely a symbolic vote. it was brought under suspension which is a parliamentary tactic which the essentially 2/3 of the house have to vote yea for this to move on. it is expected to go down and go closely along partisan line with every republican voting against it. most democrats switched over. going forward as of right now, we expec
the other big story is happening in the senate. there as they are debating harry reid's bill. leader reid's bill again also seen as perhaps getting some sort of compromise before moving forward. the third big thing we are watching at the daughter is in about 30 minutes, we expect to hear from leader mcconnell from the senate as well as speaker boehner from the house. they are having a briefing at 3:30 eastern time. we'll be here to watch that, too. a lot happening right now in washington, d.c....
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but a big, sophisticated attack is how this official is putting it. and they also said it could be international, or it could be domestic norwegian. again, very early to make that assumption or that conclusion. >> right. early hours, a lot of information still to come out. i appreciate it. . let's continue this breaking news coverage with my colleague wolf blitzer. >>> a bombing shatters norway to its core. and a shooting at a youth camp. president obama asking for a dialling back of the demonizing. ten days before the deadline, one republican plan gets a firm smackdown in the u.s. senate. and some surprising new movement in the republican presidential race. we're going to tell you who's suddenly making a strong impression on potential voters. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the breaking news this hour, a city known for peace making is reeling in terror. norwegian leaders holding a crisis meeting tonight after a deadly bomb attack in oslo and the shooting at a labor party youth camp outside the norwegian capital. at least seven people were k
but a big, sophisticated attack is how this official is putting it. and they also said it could be international, or it could be domestic norwegian. again, very early to make that assumption or that conclusion. >> right. early hours, a lot of information still to come out. i appreciate it. . let's continue this breaking news coverage with my colleague wolf blitzer. >>> a bombing shatters norway to its core. and a shooting at a youth camp. president obama asking for a dialling...
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is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the floor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited so much from the greatness of our country? is it our best? is it our best to drag this out for all this time to keep in sess spence as to whether we would -- suspense as to whether we would honor our constitutional responsibility to pay our debts? the constitution says the national debt has to be recognized. it has to be recognized. and recognize weid. president after president, 3 times in -- 32 times in recent memory, including when president bush was president, at that time, even though many of us did not agree with the war in iraq, did not agree the tax cuts f
is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the floor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have...
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and the big weather story is a warm up if you roll into the bay area weekend. so i mentioned this last week when it rained, i'm just glad it didn't rain this weekend. we got a little rain tuesday, it's great it's over the weekend. this weekend looks like it's going to be the nicest week epd weekend we've seen in a while. we saw a little bit of it today. we're looking for temperatures tomorrow to be warmer. temperatures on saturday and sunday are warmer still. right now the hottest day will probably be sunday with temperatures moving toward 70 degrees. we had the rain, that's good. it's going to heat up it's going to dry up but i have to tell you that rain helps quite a bit as you go into this holiday weekend which is traditionally a very scary fire weekend. fourth of july is really hot, but we're wet right now so that helps out. much better than we would have been without that inch of rain. fore what's for the fog is at the coast. like i said it peels back and look that the, big strong winds are going to sheer it right off the coast and you have a nice day out
and the big weather story is a warm up if you roll into the bay area weekend. so i mentioned this last week when it rained, i'm just glad it didn't rain this weekend. we got a little rain tuesday, it's great it's over the weekend. this weekend looks like it's going to be the nicest week epd weekend we've seen in a while. we saw a little bit of it today. we're looking for temperatures tomorrow to be warmer. temperatures on saturday and sunday are warmer still. right now the hottest day will...
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but when you talk about house republicans, as jackie mentioned earlier, it's a very big freshman class, many of whom are tea party candidates and they have not been willing to negotiate or budge at all. so there could be some support from house republicans. but this whole battle shows very deep divisions in the republican party. >> jackie, as we get down to the wire, the tea party and their influence there in the house, is there a way here that speaker boehner can work around them? is there a way that the bill coming out of the senate can also alleviate or satisfy their needs? >> you know, i don't think so at this point. but there are a lot of things up in the air and i don't think the leaders know either. if they did, we would have a deal right now. we might end up with a situation where boehner is trying to corral democrats and system of the more moderate members of his party to vote for a proposal. so we've got three days here and a lot of questions still unanswered. >> jackie, erin, thank you both very much. >>> concern about the u.s. debt crisis is echoing across the globe, as wel
but when you talk about house republicans, as jackie mentioned earlier, it's a very big freshman class, many of whom are tea party candidates and they have not been willing to negotiate or budge at all. so there could be some support from house republicans. but this whole battle shows very deep divisions in the republican party. >> jackie, as we get down to the wire, the tea party and their influence there in the house, is there a way here that speaker boehner can work around them? is...
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that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stings when it comes to reconstruction projects. i hope that you all will convince me that i have become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. i am looking for good news, and i hope we hear some today. but i think it
that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and...
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that is a big statement. i'll tell you almost as quickly as we heard that come from the top republican in the senate we also heard from senate majority leader harry reid as he was returning to the capitol from a meeting at the white house with the president. he was asked if they were any closer to an agreement and reid said very firmly no. one reason could be is we're hearing from democratic leadership aides in the senate, the possible pessimism they said republicans have not moved off from their position that they support the house speaker john boehner's bill. what we're seeing a lot of is a lot of back and forth here. it is a very fluid situation as you know, wolf. one thing we're keeping our eye on is potential for a very late night, 1:00 a.m. vote, the first test, a test vote for senator reid's proposal to raise the federal debt ceiling as he's pushing that proposal forward at the same time. >> they need 60 votes for reid's proposal to get through the senate because the republicans at least some of them a
that is a big statement. i'll tell you almost as quickly as we heard that come from the top republican in the senate we also heard from senate majority leader harry reid as he was returning to the capitol from a meeting at the white house with the president. he was asked if they were any closer to an agreement and reid said very firmly no. one reason could be is we're hearing from democratic leadership aides in the senate, the possible pessimism they said republicans have not moved off from...
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and the big weather story is a warm up if you roll into the bay area weekend. so i mentioned this last week when it rained, i'm just glad it didn't rain this weekend. we got a little rain tuesday, it's great it's over the weekend. this weekend looks like it's going to be the nicest week epd weekend we've seen in a while. we saw a little bit of it today. we're looking for temperatures tomorrow to be warmer. temperatures on saturday and sunday are warmer still. right now the hottest day will probably be sunday with temperatures moving toward 70 degrees. we had the rain, that's good. it's going to heat up it's going to dry up but i have to tell you that rain helps quite a bit as you go into this holiday weekend which is traditionally a very scary fire weekend. fourth of july is really hot, but we're wet right now so that helps out. much better than we would have been without that inch of rain. fore what's for the fog is at the coast. like i said it peels back and look that the, big strong winds are going to sheer it right off the coast and you have a nice day out
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the clock continues to tick closer to august seconds debt ceiling deadline and the g.o.p. is holding firm on their way or the highway approach to tax hikes so if a bipartisan budget deal is not reached in time how severe will the recall repercussions be for you and me meanwhile another former power nation prepares for possible economic collapse italy with that country's bonds now under attack what's to become of the euro and while congress prepares to cut seniors' medical care the leader of the and so i medicare pack is caught sucking back bottles a line priced at three hundred fifty dollars a pop i'll talk to economists and feinberg who caught paul ryan in the ad. you need to know this high stakes talks between republican leadership and the white house fell apart again last night when both sides announced they were gridlocked on a deal that has the administration pushing for four trillion dollars with the deficit cuts over the coming decade and the republicans are refusing to budge on tax hikes speaker john boehner pulled his support f
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the clock continues to tick closer to august seconds debt ceiling deadline and the g.o.p. is holding firm on their way or the highway approach to tax hikes so if a bipartisan budget deal is not reached in time how severe will the recall repercussions be for you and me meanwhile another former power nation prepares for possible economic collapse italy with that country's bonds now under attack what's to become of the euro and while congress...
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we were hoping for a big drenching. think of texas almost like a hot pizza oven and all we did was throw a napkin in it. this storm dissipated faster than almost any storm i've seen before. it didn't even go into the mountains and dissipate, it literally evaporated as it moves over brownsville. you can see it on the satellite imagery. it was the big red blob, and as soon as it got to the dry land in texas, poof. all of a sudden, don was gone. so not good news down there. the storm system is -- what's left of it, circulation is going to head for mexico anyway so it looks like just scattered showers and storms in texas during the day today. we'll take what we can get, but this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. there's not a lot of wet weather on the map, there are showers in missouri, also showers in the northern plains. your forecast for today, rain likely more or less in mexico, not texas. hot weather for dallas once again. warm and sunny in the northeast. as we go into the sunday forecast, we should see a lot of th
we were hoping for a big drenching. think of texas almost like a hot pizza oven and all we did was throw a napkin in it. this storm dissipated faster than almost any storm i've seen before. it didn't even go into the mountains and dissipate, it literally evaporated as it moves over brownsville. you can see it on the satellite imagery. it was the big red blob, and as soon as it got to the dry land in texas, poof. all of a sudden, don was gone. so not good news down there. the storm system is --...
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the big question we have is where are revenues in all this? we can talk about that in a minute. let's take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> the clerk will call the roll. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> we're taking a look at the picture of the senate floor. the senator from maryland is speaking right now. we just heard from the senate majority leader, harry reid, who told us that he believes they are close to an agreement, which is something that senate mitch mcconnell told us earlier today. i'd like to play for you now, while we're waiting to hear from senator mitch mcconnell on the senate floor, something gene sperling, the director of the national economic council, told me. he said that tax cuts are not on the table for about a year and a half. let's take a listen. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> i know you're working around the clock
the big question we have is where are revenues in all this? we can talk about that in a minute. let's take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> the clerk will call the roll. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> we're taking a look at the picture of the senate floor. the senator...
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gwen: i want to take us into a big think at the end. we've been all covering washington for a -- number of years, and each time this happens we know we're going to come up with a deal at the end. but this time it feels shakier somehow. is it possible anymore to get broad bipartisan agreement on important things as long as each side as dug in their heels? >> absolutely not. this week we see no aleagues shattered. not -- now that the republicans have a measure of responsibility they will help us govern. they were wrong. second, i think obama has elected that we were moving into a post-partisan era. when all the old battles of the right or left, the clintons thinking of doing was over. they're still republicans. they're not like democrats. there are still quite a few of them. one thing about the republican party you can say this week, it's not post partisan. >> the lame duck session, which wasn't so long ago achieved a lot but with a bunch of members of congress who had been shoate vo -- voted out of awes. gwen: which is the only way they
gwen: i want to take us into a big think at the end. we've been all covering washington for a -- number of years, and each time this happens we know we're going to come up with a deal at the end. but this time it feels shakier somehow. is it possible anymore to get broad bipartisan agreement on important things as long as each side as dug in their heels? >> absolutely not. this week we see no aleagues shattered. not -- now that the republicans have a measure of responsibility they will...
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i have not been a big fan of the iraq wars as most of you know. those wars have cost us almost $2 trillion. they are winding down. the office of congressional management have looked at this and said, if you take trillion dollars, it will lower the debt by a trillion dollars and allow us to take an additional $200 billion in interest savings. that's what we have in our bill. it's all been done by the no one partisan congressional office. i can't imagine the fact that they have voted for it. 230 republicans voted for that. why is it suddenly something they don't want? >> you noted the four republicans that didn't sign the letter. scott brown is one of those that told some of us he is working with you, and he could vote for your bill. he's trying to get some teeth into the commission. if there are three others, assuming you hold your caucus, are -- >> your math is terrific. if we get those four more, we have 5857. we need 60. the issue has been now for a week or so, a trigger. if the joint committee doesn't come up with a result, what should happen?
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do we want to think big? yes, we all want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves placed in a situation like this again. this is about past debts. it is not about making room for future spending. we did not begin to that level of conversation. -- we did not get into that level of conversation. >> do you think it is that likely? >> i am glad to hear that he said that. i certainly hope so. thank you. >> next, we will hear from a number of senate republicans on the debt ceiling and spending cuts. the utah senator starts off the briefing. this is 20 minutes. x we are here to announce that -- >> we are here to announce that we are introducing a piece of legislation. this is a proposal that would rates -- raised the debt limit by $2.40 trillion. it would make the increase conditioned upon the occurrence of three events. some significant immediate spending cuts. it would take us back to a topline it number, the same number that was found in legislation recently. it would contain sta
do we want to think big? yes, we all want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves placed in a situation like this again. this is about past debts. it is not about making room for future spending. we did not begin to that level of conversation. -- we did not get into that level of conversation. >> do you think it is that likely? >> i am glad to hear that he said that. i certainly hope so. thank you. >> next, we will hear from a number of senate...
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we do have a genuine underlying problem that our debt and deficits are too big. senator mcconnell's approach solves the first problem. it does not solve the second problem. i would like to solve that second problem. >> are you looking at this option as one likely outcome at this point for can you share with us why there is some hope that the talks that have been going on might actually produce them? >> i always have hope. don't you remember my campaign? [laughter] even after being here to 0.5 years, i continue to have hope, because of the american people -- even after being here 2.5 years. there is still good, common sense. all we have to do is a line with that common-sense on this problem and it can get soft. i am assuming that at some point, members of congress are going to listen -- it can get solved. a number of republican former elected officials would say a balanced approach that includes some revenue is the right thing to do. the majority of republican voters say that approach is the right thing to do. the proposal that i was discussing with speaker boehne
we do have a genuine underlying problem that our debt and deficits are too big. senator mcconnell's approach solves the first problem. it does not solve the second problem. i would like to solve that second problem. >> are you looking at this option as one likely outcome at this point for can you share with us why there is some hope that the talks that have been going on might actually produce them? >> i always have hope. don't you remember my campaign? [laughter] even after being...
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is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the floor that makes all those cuts, undermines social secuty, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited so much from the greatness of our country? is it our best? is it our best to drag this out for all this time to keep in sess spence as to whether we would -- suspense as to whether we would honor our constitional responsibility to pay our debts? the constitution says the national debt has to be recognized. it has to be recognized. and recognize we did. president after president, 3 times in -- 32 times in recent memory, including when president bush was president, at that time, even though many of us did not agree with the war in iraq, did not agree the tax cuts for
is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the floor that makes all those cuts, undermines social secuty, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited...
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. >>> it is a big day in san francisco for thousands of people who are walking for a very good cause. it is the ninth annual avon walk for breast cancer and it just got started about 30 minutes ago. this is video from some of the participants as they took their first steps. participants can walk as much as 40 miles over the course of the weekend. the route journeys through san francisco and across the golden gate bridge onto mill valley. >> we have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." still to come, gas prices are going up in parts of the bay area. we'll tell how is paying more. >>> plus, time has run out to ur unlimited datpl fans for those smartphones. we have details on that coming up. >>> good morning to you. lots of folks than i would expect getting exercise at aquatic park. if you want to hold off because it's chilly, we won't tell. don't get used to falling gas prices because they will be going up again soon in the south bay. prices at some stations jumped a few cents yesterday after two months of falling prices. the owners of many locally owned gas station chains say it's
. >>> it is a big day in san francisco for thousands of people who are walking for a very good cause. it is the ninth annual avon walk for breast cancer and it just got started about 30 minutes ago. this is video from some of the participants as they took their first steps. participants can walk as much as 40 miles over the course of the weekend. the route journeys through san francisco and across the golden gate bridge onto mill valley. >> we have more ahead for you on...
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that's a big sticking point. there are things called triggers which would -- you know, if people walked away from these committees, they're supposed to find more savings, without getting too into those details, there are sticking points, but there are ongoing discussions about getting to something before tuesday. those are involved -- some of the members of the gang of six are involved in those discussions. scenario durbin of illinois, senator chambliss, others are involved, and so are the senate minority leader and majority leader. i don't think we'll see -- if we see this projection in the senate tonight -- rejection in the senate tonight, i don't think we'll see anymore tonight. hopefully over the weekend they cobble something together. >> this is one of the arguments that john boehner is making right now. this is why this needs to pass. if this doesn't pass we're not in the conversation anymore. we are silent. if this passes, then you can imagine some kind of a compromise along the lines of what a.b. is talki
that's a big sticking point. there are things called triggers which would -- you know, if people walked away from these committees, they're supposed to find more savings, without getting too into those details, there are sticking points, but there are ongoing discussions about getting to something before tuesday. those are involved -- some of the members of the gang of six are involved in those discussions. scenario durbin of illinois, senator chambliss, others are involved, and so are the...
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i was at a big meeting in atlanta. a national group was coming in town to present the problem of our deficit a debt. there were 500 business leaders in the room. they have a greatresentation and finished with questions and answers. a businessman raised his hand and asked what we should do. the group did not have anything to offer. we're providing any one with an interest was something to do. a 1e asking them to support cent solution that gives the balance in eight years. we want to enroll 1 million voters to support this and encourage support on the hill. it resonates with them as it does with anyone who is concerned abouthe problem. we welcome any participation. we are bipartisan. we do not have labels. we want to put something out there that will workor the people. host: david is a republican in biloxi, mississippi. caller: i hope i can articulate this fairly well. it sounds like a of a good common sense ideas, but how do you implement that with a congress and president that is bought and paid for by the bankers? goo
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cds directly on treasuries as opposed to other securities are actually not that big. it would take an action to invoke the credit event. that could be a problem for some institutions. but it would not be the biggest problem. >> but your point is that this could be a self-inflicted wound doing more damage to the deficit down has been done to date? -- to the visit than has been done -- to the deficit men has been done to date? -- your point is that this could be a self-inflicted wound doing more damage to the deficit then has been done to date? >> it is not an option that we should be considering. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will follow-up on this for just a moment and then i want to move on to some other issues. to make the observation that the market perceives and consequences are starkly different between the u.s. government failing to make an interest payment on a bond or on the other hand, bloating some -- delaying the reimbursement to a vendor or failing to cut the grass at the monument. these are very different events. the month of august has sche
cds directly on treasuries as opposed to other securities are actually not that big. it would take an action to invoke the credit event. that could be a problem for some institutions. but it would not be the biggest problem. >> but your point is that this could be a self-inflicted wound doing more damage to the deficit down has been done to date? -- to the visit than has been done -- to the deficit men has been done to date? -- your point is that this could be a self-inflicted wound doing...
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twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the facts we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bipartisan bills in here where we've cut money, significant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7 billion here, go through the senate with vast majority votes only to go nowhere. because the allowance for the debate on the underlying bills was stopped. the bills were pulled. so what do we do? well, the first thing we do is we look at what the problems are. what are the problems? we have a hundred different programs with a hundred sets of bureaucracies for surface transportation alone. why do weo that? why haven't we fixed it? that's a question the american people ought to be asking. we have 82 programs
twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the facts we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bipartisan bills in here where we've cut money, significant money, a billion here, $5 billion here,...
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>>greg: big time. there could be another trial, right? >>jonathan: we have not heard yet as to whether they want to retry the case or if one imagines they will. the judge set a hearing to discuss whether there should be another trial, and that will take place on september 2nd and roger clemens left the court as you saw there and headed to a nearby restaurant with the defense team, a fancy restaurant known as the "caucus room," probably dining on lobster and steak and celebrating. >>greg: prosecutors have luncheon crow, meanwhile. thank you, jonathan, and jonathan will chat about this. just go online at foxnews.com/shep on "on the hunt," link. and now to talk more about this is lis wiehl former federal prosecutor, and arthur aidala and a veteran criminal against tone. good to see you both. if roger clemens confesses something to andy pettitte who tells his wife, that is not just hearsay it is double hearsay. >>guest: a person who is not taking the stand who tells someone else who tolls someone else. all i can say in defense of the prosecut
>>greg: big time. there could be another trial, right? >>jonathan: we have not heard yet as to whether they want to retry the case or if one imagines they will. the judge set a hearing to discuss whether there should be another trial, and that will take place on september 2nd and roger clemens left the court as you saw there and headed to a nearby restaurant with the defense team, a fancy restaurant known as the "caucus room," probably dining on lobster and steak and...
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it is hard to do a big package. my republican friends have said that they're not willing to do revenues. and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope, though, is that they're listening not just to lobbyists or special interests here in washington but they're also listening to the american people because it turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations, show that it's not just democrats who think we need to take a balanced approach, it's republicans as well. the clear majority of republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues. that's not just democrats. that's the majority of republicans. you've got a whole slew of republican officials from previous administrations. you've got a bipartisan commission that has said that we need revenues. so this is not just a democratic understanding. this is an understanding that i think the american people hold, that we should not be asking sacrifices from middle-class folks who ar
it is hard to do a big package. my republican friends have said that they're not willing to do revenues. and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope, though, is that they're listening not just to lobbyists or special interests here in washington but they're also listening to the american people because it turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations, show that it's not just democrats who think we need to take a balanced approach, it's republicans as well. the clear...
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serious crediblethat t big substantial thing to do with theges debt, you're in big trouble. li so i would submit to the biggest's one ve issue is not the debt limit.raised. the debt limit is the easiest s we issue. that's when away from being too raised. our biggest issue is the debt and the fact is as we speak we shoul there's no plan in place to begin to do anything about it. our credit is in danger because of this amount so we should be substan focused on like a laser. to available a substantial plan the look like? let's take it from the weights of these credit companies. it has destabilized that since i4 trillion mht began to show deficits come down.h. do. we know 1.5 chilliness not enough. we know for trillion might beence. enough. this is what we need to do. so how do you do th'sis?hat hav t o i do get their? it's not rocket science. it's a pretty simple mix of mone to things that have to happen. you have to stop spending three you k and you can't use any more money than you have. if you're in debt and you keeply goi firing, a lot of more money thanhing you h you take
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. >> leader mcconnell made a deliberate effort to come to the microphone twice to be emfat big this, and he used the word and emphasized it, seriousness. they have the level of seriousness, on his level. brought up speaking with the vice president and president, making an effort to bring that point across. >> reporter: you know, there was a question to harry reid earlier and again to john boehner, a small thing it would seem but something that could change the dynamic of this whole debate. it didn't even happen in washington, richard. happened when admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs who was visiting afghanistan right now, our jim milk krzyzewski chef -- mckrzyz there now. we were asked from a soldier in a war the table, but our men and women are in harm's way, and i'm not going to shortchange them at this critical time. >> if pulls on the heartstrings across america. no doubt. stand by. i know you're watching the meeting that is supposedly happening between the president and democratic leaders. felicia, one last question here. what do you think then is this meeting wit
. >> leader mcconnell made a deliberate effort to come to the microphone twice to be emfat big this, and he used the word and emphasized it, seriousness. they have the level of seriousness, on his level. brought up speaking with the vice president and president, making an effort to bring that point across. >> reporter: you know, there was a question to harry reid earlier and again to john boehner, a small thing it would seem but something that could change the dynamic of this whole...
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have to go down a series of ledges and to get up you have to go down a narrow canyon where there's a big boulder jammed into the bottom. every place has this backward trail, this labyrinth, leading you around. i was walking arpd this maze for about an hour before coming here and it does the same kind of thing where your mind settles, where you have to pay attention to where you are going. because if you look up for too long at all the passing architecture, you will forget where you are on the maze. you will end up in the wrong spot. you will end up going the wrong direction and you won't be able to find your way to the center. of course, out in the desert, you can't just walk off of the maze and out the front door and back into the street. out in the desert, you are there. the cliffs stand around you. the mazes are everywhere, passages opening up left and right. to write this book, house of rain, i walked a little bit over a thousand miles in legs from the four corners region from arizona, new mexico, colorado and california meet down to the chijuajua area of new mexico. there was one ex
have to go down a series of ledges and to get up you have to go down a narrow canyon where there's a big boulder jammed into the bottom. every place has this backward trail, this labyrinth, leading you around. i was walking arpd this maze for about an hour before coming here and it does the same kind of thing where your mind settles, where you have to pay attention to where you are going. because if you look up for too long at all the passing architecture, you will forget where you are on the...
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i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people, is dealing with the governments, dealing with the communities, dealing with the all the institutions, all the interests. so it's dealing with people is, like, the hard work. >> ( translated ): can't you see the government is lying to us? we'll be evicted like dogs one day. >> ( translated ): if you're wise, you should find somewhere to move to now. don't count on being given a house and don't think you'll come back here. when you leave, you are gone for good. >> ( translated ): how much did you say it was? >> ( translated ): that is 5,500. >> ( translated ): and electricity? >> ( translated ): 1,000
i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people,...
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they were going to go for the big deal. it was boehner, unfortunately, who could not get past his own caucus, could not get past his own majority leader, who was playing to the base. they have people in the house of representatives who do not believe anything will happen if the debt ceiling is increased. that is the yahoo mentality, and they are dealing with it. by my colleague is trying to make a point about how you have a completed, compliant, growth accepting every leak out of the white house here we have been told that the president is prepared to make cuts in entitlements. name me one. >> jobs. a completed, compliant, supine press. i love that. >> i've got other additives, but we are short on time. >> the other day, abc news position cameras all around the country, and they call them soapboxes cameras. they invited people to say what they had to say about the debt ceiling. we put one of the month at the beginning of the program. people are very upset, even if they do not quite understand what the debt ceiling is. do we
they were going to go for the big deal. it was boehner, unfortunately, who could not get past his own caucus, could not get past his own majority leader, who was playing to the base. they have people in the house of representatives who do not believe anything will happen if the debt ceiling is increased. that is the yahoo mentality, and they are dealing with it. by my colleague is trying to make a point about how you have a completed, compliant, growth accepting every leak out of the white...